Sen. Johnny Isakson says already established committees should be the first in congress to investigate what the CIA, and FBI have reportedly called an attempt by Russia to sway the 2016 election in favor of Donald Trump. The agencies say they’ve concluded Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee and top Hillary Clinton campaign staffers during the election.
“We need to determine what we know we know, and what we know we don’t know,” Isakson said. “And the more you know you don’t know is the more need for a committee, but until we get to that point I’m not ready to do it.”
Isakson’s position goes against a bipartisan group of senators, including John McCain and Chuck Schumer, who wrote a letter asking for a special committee to conduct what they called a “comprehensive investigation of Russian interference,” according to The New York Times.
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